Re: Network Type Change Locks Login


"Scared" <Scared@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9FBB15F1-18AF-4564-A1E6-AE3AFC237857@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I have a notebook that was set up on an institutional network with Windows
> 2000 Pro. I left the job and was attempting to set up a home network. I
> went to the control panel network settings dialogue and changed the
network
> type from institutional to home network. It asked to reboot. Now I can't
> get past the "ctrl-alt-del" login dialogue. It no longer recognizes my
login
> name and password. There is no longer a "domain" entry line on the login
> dialogue box, which makes sense with the change in network type. But I
can't
> get in. My life is on this PC, literally. Wipping it and reloading
Windows
> is not an option.

If wipping (wiping?) Windows is not an option then you have
to ask the network administrator from your former employer to
give you the password for the local administrator account. It's
like getting the key for the car that you possibly received from
your former company: It's part of the bargain.


.

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